Graduating Dead
At exactly 3:15PM, the sky turned blood-red, the doors of Sehwa Private Academy sealed shut, and a holographic screen appeared before Class 4-4:
[The Graduation Elimination Game has begun. Total Survivors Allowed: 1]
I know exactly how this game ends. I know where every flesh-eating monster spawns. I know which floorboards are rigged with explosives, and the exact blind spots of every Corrupted Facility in this hellhole. Why? Because I’ve died here forty-nine times. On my regressions, I am the ultimate survivor. To my terrified classmates, I look like an omnipotent genius who can predict the future. I can carry them all to the exit. I can save everyone.
There’s just one problem.
To keep the Viewers entertained, the System assigns a hidden role at the start of every single loop: The Warden’s Hound. A student given monster-tier stats whose sole objective is to slaughter the rest of us from the shadows. And the System shuffles the Traitor every time I reset. In Loop 49, it was my crush. In Loop 50? It could be the class president, the quiet girl I just rescued, or the person handing me a bottle of water.
My memory is my greatest weapon against the monsters, but it's useless against the paranoia. My mind is eroding, my lives are running out, and I can't trust a single smile.
Welcome to Class 4-4. Let the deduction begin.